My Photographers Trip to Walt Disney World - January 2016

[TheBigE]

So Day 6 - Onto Magic Kingdom for the day. This would be the last day with my camera as I would have to return it the next day by noon to ensure it ships out on time. At this point in the trip, I will say that the 17-55mm f/2.8 and D7200 were starting to wear on my shoulders a bit...even having a black rapid strap, I could feel like i have been lugging around this equipment for 6 days.

So a couple shots from the Little Mermaid Ride first

I was really happy how these came out. Again at 1/50s shutter speed, and 300-400 ISO with center weighted average

Here is best one from Seven Dwarfs Mine Train

A couple more of my favorites from the day

Another look at the castle from a different angle

Here we go.....

Finishing with Electric Light Parade.

 

[DVC-Cassie]

So, sorry for a bit of the delay, I had eye surgery (planned) and that put things on hold for a bit. I was able to PP a few photos. Day 1 we spent in EPCOT and MGM (Sorry, I know it is DHS but to me it is always MGM).

This were the first attempts with the 17-55mm f/2.8. My first thoughts on this lens are very Positive. I really like have the constant F/2.8. So much that much of these photos were taken at f/2.8 and do not suffer much of any distoration.

Monrail Green - Always like these photos, still early in day with Sun high so colors are not as strong as later in day. This was taken at f2.8 and went with a "cinematic" crop.

Playing around with the f/2.8 and DOF. Not happy with shadow on his eye but I really like the clarity/focus on his face. Another positive for this lens.

One of the goals of this trip was to really work on dark/night time photos. First night was with Fantasmic. Note I had not really gone to the above settings at this point, just running the 35mm f/1.4 lens to get a feel. Results were good I think

Snow White, this is the best of many shots...to bad their eyes are closed. This was before I started using any special metering, just the area metering of the Nikon and 3 shot burst. Trust me there are tons of photos that did not work out.....

This one is tough, there is such a dynamic range of light...I am still PP a bit, I have one without Mickey, but I think this has more of a story. Again, a bit of fire away and hope you get lucky. Extra Memory Cards are a huge bonus when trying nighttime action shots handheld.

Feedback are welcome on composition or anything else...more to follow.

Your photos are breath taking! I can not wait to see others!